AirTran Airways Announces Enhanced Service For Baltimore/Washington; New Service to Dallas/Ft. Worth Begins November 19, 2003.Business Editors/Travel Writers ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 2003 AirTran Airways AirTran Airways is a low-cost airline that is a Delaware corporation with headquarters in Orlando, Florida, USA and is a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings. AirTran operates over 750 daily flights throughout the eastern USA and the Midwest, including over 270 daily departures from , a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings AirTran Holdings (NYSE: AAI) is a Nevada corporation that operates as an airline holding company. Its primary asset is AirTran Airways. History After the large amount of negative publicity surrounding the Flight 592 incident, ValuJet Airlines suffered serious , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AAI AAI American Association of Immunologists. ), today announced the airline will commence new daily nonstop service between Baltimore/Washington International Airport and Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport. The new flights will begin November 19, 2003. "Service to Dallas-Fort Worth significantly enhances our Baltimore-Washington focus city," stated Kevin P. Healy, AirTran Airways vice president planning and sales. "With this new service, we will offer thirty-two daily nonstop flights from Baltimore/Washington to eleven cities: Atlanta, Boston, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fort Myers Fort Myers, city (1990 pop. 45,206), seat of Lee co., SW Fla., on the Caloosahatchee River, near the Gulf of Mexico; founded 1850, inc. 1905. It has a tourist trade and light industry and is a shipping point for citrus fruits, winter vegetables, flowers (especially , Grand Bahama Grand Bahama: see Bahamas. Island, Miami, Milwaukee, Orlando, Rochester and Tampa. These markets offer a mixture of business and leisure destinations to travelers from the Baltimore/Washington metropolitan area." AirTran Airways also announced that effective November 19th, the airline increased its daily departures from Baltimore/Washington to Boston from seven to eight roundtrips.
Listed below are the new nonstop flights effective November 19, 2003:
Baltimore/Washington - Dallas/Ft. Worth
Departs Arrives Frequency
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11:25 a.m. 2:00 p.m. Daily
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Dallas/Ft. Worth - Baltimore/Washington
Departs Arrives Frequency
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2:40 p.m. 6:35 p.m. Daily
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AirTran Airways is one of America's largest low-fare airlines - employing more than 5,600 professional Crew Members and operating 492 flights a day to 45 destinations. The airline's hub is at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, the world's busiest airport World's busiest airport is a claim that is fiercely fought over by the owners of the world's largest airports. The definition of "busiest" is debated as well, with claims being staked on the basis of aircraft operations, cargo traffic or total passengers. by passenger volume, where it is the second largest carrier operating 189 flights per day. AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings (NYSE:AAI), is the world's largest operator of the Boeing 717 and has the youngest all-Boeing fleet of any airline. In 2004, the airline will begin taking delivery of new Boeing 737-700s. For reservations or more information, visit http://airtran.com (America Online Keyword: AirTran). |
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